Take flight from your cubicle with the Rocket Chair
Kyle Michaelson's Rocket Chair allows any user ensconced within its orthopedic fold to thumb a button during a moment of wild-eyed panic, triggering a five hundred pound thrust hydrogen-peroxide rocket motor to spew out seven gallons of fuel in forty five seconds, sending him hurtling through the roof and into the stratosphere. A pilot ejection system for the nervous desk jockey, then, although it's worth mentioning that with only 45 seconds of counter-gravitational thrust, the Rocket Chair barely affords more lift than your generic flatulent World of Warcraft enthusiast.
Blast Off With The Rocket Chair [Gizmowatch]
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OK, how long before someone does a low-tech parody of this for horizontal "flight", powered by the traditional fire-extinguisher reaction engine or some other less volatile source? If you really want it to feel like flying, replace the casters with hoverpads.
As one company's new-hire orientation put it: "Practicing docking maneuvers is forbidden on company time and furniture."